Dark Times

A new beginning

Dream

"No, I need to see him, please let me see him!

The woman screamed and cried at the same time. Two men held her arms.

Mal looked around for answers and all she saw was a dark, abandoned room. She walked closer to see who it was, and when she finally did, she saw her own face.

"No, it can't be."

When she saw the face Mal lifted her hood and saw herself in it, it was her, it was her face there.

"Mal, is it okay?"

She woke up startled, jumped up from where she was and woke Ben up too.

"Yes, it was a bad dream."

He stood up, trying to catch his breath.

"You sure?"

He sat down next to his wife.

"Yes, you can go back to sleep."

Despite all the fuss, Maleficent's daughter looked around for someone who could help her.

"Hey, you, hey!"

She walked slowly to the other jail cell towards the man who was apparently floating, in this case Rashid.

"What can I do for you?"

He asked, yawning and opening his eyes to see the girl.

"You know you're floating, right?"

She asked, not sure if she was seeing correctly.

"That's what happens when you gain the magic of Cherise's cat. What do you need?"

Rashid has the same mannerisms as the laughing cat.

"You know a lot about magic, don't you?"

"A bit, a bit too much, but why the question?"

Rashid had a natural irony, sometimes he seemed to be from the Isle of the Lost.

"Where would be the safest place for us to stay if we escaped?"

"The Fairy Sanctuary, Agatha can't go in there."

"Why?"

"Witches don't enter fairy places and the reverse, ancient agreements."

"Where is it?"

"It used to be." He laughed wryly. "The land was destroyed. There are few fairies now and only fairies find the hiding place where they live."

"Fairy Godmother?"

"Helena doesn't know, she's been banished since she chose to live in Auradon."

"There's no other way?"

"Jane, she's still half fairy, maybe it'll work."

"You're right, do you think it will work?"

"We could try, but we'd have to get out of here and this dungeon is anti-magic."

"It's against your magic."

She pointed to the cell, opening a small space between the large ones. Rashid gave a frightening smile to some.

(...)

Auradon

"And here is the throne room."

Chad was indeed taking a tour of the castle as Agatha had requested.

"Auradon looks so boring, is there no magic here?"